Your morning Iowa weather update The storms currently affecting western Iowa near Council Bluffs and Atlantic will push into central Iowa between 3 and 5 A.M., reaching the Des Moines metro around 4 A.M. By sunrise, the main line should be approaching eastern Iowa, with the Quad Cities seeing storm activity between 6 and 7 A.M. Once this system clears by mid-morning, we'll see gradual clearing from west to east.